Nesiocypraea teramachii
Appearance
Nesiocypraea teramachii | |
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Shell of Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Nesiocypraea |
Species: | N. teramachii
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Binomial name | |
Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)
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Synonyms | |
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Nesiocypraea teramachii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
- Subspecies
- Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica Lorenz, 2002
- Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus Lorenz, 2002
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines..
References
[edit]- ^ Nesiocypraea teramachii. WoRMS (2009). Nesiocypraea teramachii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396645 on 5 June 2010 .
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp